Protector for backs and chests.



No. 811,167. PATENTBD JAN. 30, 1906. M. L. PADDOCK. PROTECTOR FOR BACKSAND CHESTS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG25, 1905.

W/ TN'ZESSES? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PROTECTOR FQR BACKS AND CHESTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed August 25, 1905, Serial NO- 275,748. 7

To all whom it 707/6117] concern.-

Be it known that I, MILAN L. PADDOCK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lyons, in the county of Wayne and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Protectors for Backs andChests of the Human Trunk, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparel of that class known as body-garments,and more especially to chest-protectors and those devices which alsoprotect the back of the human trunk.

It is a scientific fact that if the chest and back he kept warm orprotected against rapid changes in temperature the extremities willshare in the medium temperature maintained; and the object of thepresent invention is to produce a device adjustable to all sizes andages of patients, of either sex, which will effect this end and yet beadjustable and removable.

To this end the invention consists in the specific construction of partshereinafter de-.

scribed and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure1 is a front elevation of the protector. Fig. 2 is a rear View of themale anatomy with the protector attached, and Fig. 3 is a front viewthereof, and Figs. 4. and 5 are rear and front perspective views of thefemale anatomy with the protector attached.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a pad for the chest,and 2 a pad for the back. These may be of the same size or different,and they may be knit, crocheted, or woven, and are preferably boundaround with braid or tape. a They may be of single or double thickness,of any suitable flexible material, and possibly medicated. By preferencethe front pad is rather short, as shown, while the back pad is longer,so as to cover the kidneys, though both are positioned so as to protectthe lungs and avoid pneumonia.

Sewed or otherwise attached to the upper end of the back pad 2 arestraps 3, which pass over the shoulders of the wearer and are connectedto the front pad by strap-and-buckle attachment, as at 4, while thestraps 3 continue downward to the waist-line, as indicated in Fig. 1.Sewed or otherwise attached to the sides of said back pad are straps 5and 6, which pass around the waist of the wearer to the front, Where oneof them is provided with two buckles 7 and the other is split or forked,as at 8, to produce tongues which engage said buckles, as seen in Fig.1, thus leaving the wearer to adjust the waist-line straps to thedesiredtightness. Said shoulder-straps 3 are brought down to thewaist-straps and buckled to them, as at 10, and hence the wearer mayadjust the distance from the shoulders to the waist-line. Obviously thebuckles 4 permit the chest-pad to be adjusted or removed at will, as itis connected with the shoulderstraps only by these buckles. All strapsare, by preference, permanently attached to the back pad, and hence theadjustments occur in front, where the wearer can easily reach thebuckles.

What is claimed as new is- The herein-described lung-protectorcomprising a back pad, waist-line straps attached thereto and havingtongue and-buckle connection with each other in front, shoulderstrapsattached to said pad and adapted to pass over the shoulders and down tothe waist-straps, buckle connections between said shoulder-straps andthe members of the waiststrap, a chest-pad, and independentstrap-andbuckle attachments between said chest-pad and theshoulder-straps, all buckles being at the front of the wearer, as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

MILAN L. PADDOGK.

Witn esses:

EMORY Gr. STREETER, MARY E. WHITMAN.

